Urgent Action Appeal
Mothers of 19 Lebanese prisoners held in Israeli jails are on a hunger strike to protest the continued detention of their sons despite Israeli withdrawal from Southern Lebanon. The mothers started the strike on 7 August opposite the UN headquarters in Beirut.
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The Gaza Strip strip is one of the most densely populated areas in the world, averaging 2,150 persons per sq. kilometer. Two third of the population are refugees, of whom over 300,000 live in 8 refugee camps, 50% of the population is under 16.

Children remain on of the most vulnerable segments of the population.
During the Intifada they were beaten, shot, exposed to tear gas, physically abused, and their friends and families humiliated.
They have been left with lasting psychological damage.

Restrictions imposed on Gaza by Israel have condemned most Palestinians to a life of extreme poverty and destitution. Israel still controls 40% of the Gaza Strip. Despite the peace process, the closures imposed on Gaza and West Bank since 1996 have had a devastating effect on the economy and on the development of democratic institutions.